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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team earned a 6-1 non-conference victory over Salem University Tuesday at the SRU Tennis Courts.
 
Tuesday's match, which served as SRU's official home-opener, improved The Rock's record to 5-4 overall while the Tigers dropped to 6-5 following the loss.
 
For the seventh time this season, Slippery Rock won the team doubles point before taking five of six singles bouts en route to the victory.
 
The Rock's No. 3 and No. 2 doubles pairings started the match with back-to-back 6-3 triumphs as Tina Slovak and Dari Sakhanova bested Kylie Diaz and Melanie Coric followed by Gabriela del Val del Toro and Nuria Martin Lopez defeating Ana Kunic and Daria Korsakova.
 
Slovak and Sakhanova are now 6-1 as a team this season while Martin Lopez and del Val del Toro exit the contest at 12-7.
 
With the team point already secured, SRU continued to roll at the conclusion of doubles play with a 6-4 win by Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez and Teddi Isherwood against Lina Ziani and Anastasia Gerter.
 
del Val del Toro and Martin Lopez opened singles action with matching 6-0, 6-0 shutouts in the second and third flights against Gerter and Ziani, respectively.
 
The reigning Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Athlete of the Week, del Val del Toro now carries a team-best record of 17-4.
 
Slovak then posted the match-clinching point out of the sixth flight for The Rock when she downed Coric 6-0, 6-2 before Sakhanova gave SRU a third 6-0, 6-0 win via a victory over Korsakova in the third flight.
 
The Tigers managed to avoid the shutout when Kunic narrowly edged Gonzalez Sanchez in a back-and-forth contest from the top flight 2-6, 6-3, 10-6. However, Slippery Rock concluded the match on a high note by way of a 4-6, 6-3, 10-3 comeback victory by Georgie Lancaster against Diaz.
 
Slippery Rock is currently scheduled to begin the PSAC West portion of its 2022-23 schedule when it hosts Indiana University (Pa.) 12 p.m. Saturday at the SRU Tennis Courts.
 
 


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